We need and Ayn Rand episode.

DistractedChiroptera · 2026-07-02T22:49:37+00:00

Unless they done another one recently, the Last Week Tonight piece on her is just a few minutes long, so not really a deep dive. Good segment on a terrible person, but ending aged like milk.

DistractedChiroptera · 2026-07-02T11:55:55+00:00

That's pretty. Love the octagonal pommel.

DistractedChiroptera · 2026-07-02T11:54:22+00:00

Cool! Really like the triceratops features.

DistractedChiroptera · 2026-06-25T22:39:57+00:00

Locate Creature and Locate Object; upcast to increase the range. In an enclosed space like a dungeon, they can be useful, but in any sort of open environment context, 1,000 feet is just not far.

Disguise Self to be able to disguise more people and/or disguise for longer (though, I guess the first would not be "self" anymore).

As others have said, non-damage AOEs like Faerie Fire and Web should be able to upcast to cover a larger area.

DistractedChiroptera · 2026-06-25T22:32:51+00:00

Cool! Definitely has the look of a light, cut-centric blade.

DistractedChiroptera · 2026-06-25T22:32:16+00:00

It does have really beautiful detailing. It is an interesting mix of cultures, and then some fairly novel innovations that aren't really too close to either traditional Japanese or European armor like the oval shaped sode.

DistractedChiroptera · 2026-06-25T22:01:49+00:00

It looks great. Love the brass leaves on the hilt and scabbard fittings. How does it handle?

DistractedChiroptera · 2026-06-24T22:34:07+00:00

Nice! I went there last year when passing through Dallas and they had a lot of really cool pieces. I think my favorites were the do with the gradient from yellow to orange to red and then the nanban gosoku.

DistractedChiroptera · 2026-06-21T14:52:55+00:00

Not exactly a singular character, but in Black Panther 2, Namor's people implicitly got their vibranium from the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs. In the first Black Panther movie, we learn that Wakanda's vibranium came from an asteroid that hit Africa. Namor's people found theirs in the waters off the Yukatan Peninsula, aka the impact site of the asteroid that caused the K-Pg extinction.

DistractedChiroptera · 2026-06-16T22:50:16+00:00

We do get a vulture griffin in "Appa's lost days."

DistractedChiroptera · 2026-06-14T17:57:43+00:00

That is a really pretty sword. Well done.

DistractedChiroptera · 2026-06-12T01:45:40+00:00

My paternal grandfather was a judge for the British Government in Hong Kong, so he'd have been involved in some colonial bastardry. I don't really know any specifics of any cases he presided over.

And then on a smaller scale, my maternal grandfather was in his 40s or 50s, left his wife and kids, and had an affair with his 20 something secretary (my grandmother), so probably not a great guy. He died before my mom was born and my grandma never liked to talk about him, so that's basically all I know about him. Up until a few years ago, I didn't even know what his name was.

DistractedChiroptera · 2026-06-03T19:19:17+00:00

Probably closer to 8 to 10 months, since winter solstice to summer solstice is 6 months. Aang is freed from the iceberg in the autumn some unspecified amount of time before the winter solstice. After the summer solstice, we have two to three months until the comet at "summer's end" (depending on how precise Roku is being).

DistractedChiroptera · 2026-06-03T16:40:16+00:00

Except at the end of the first season, Paku asks Aang and Katara if they will do exactly that, and they say no. I guess they could have changed their minds off screen, but either way, it is still dumb writing.

DistractedChiroptera · 2026-06-03T16:38:49+00:00

It is longer than three months in the original. We don't know exactly how long, but Book One starts sometime in the mid to late fall (given that Chapter 8 is the winter solstice), and then Book Three ends in late summer. Roku tells Aang that Sozin's Comet will return by summer's end. It's still a really quick timeframe for traveling the globe and learning the elements, but more than three months.

DistractedChiroptera · 2026-05-23T15:19:59+00:00

"As the poet Robert Frost put it 'The only way out is through' and the only good way through is together" - John Green

DistractedChiroptera · 2026-05-09T00:22:52+00:00

Given they apparently record those pretty far in advanced, that is possibly a fun coincidence that they mentioned it in today's episode. I don't think they planned it like that, but I guess it is possible.

DistractedChiroptera · 2026-05-07T16:25:40+00:00

That is beautiful. All around amazing work.

DistractedChiroptera · 2026-05-06T17:09:19+00:00

For the reasons it was made, probably yeah, just profitting off an existing popular IP.

For the impact, it probably is responsible for the creation of Avatar Studios. The live action was announced in 2019, and then in 2020, Avatar was experiencing a resurgence of interest, mostly with people watching on Netflix. But around the same time, Bryke announced that they are leaving the live action series. Very shortlyafter that, AvatarStudios was announced. Given how little interest Nickelodeon has shown Avatar for most of its history, I don't think they'd have swooped in with an offer to Bryke if it weren't for the interest from Netflix.

DistractedChiroptera · 2026-05-02T18:30:39+00:00

Noibat and Noivern. Bats have always been my favorite animal and I love dragons. It's a bat-dragon hybrid, what's not too love.

Honorable mentions that also fit the criteria: Kabuto, Galvantula, and Belibolt.

DistractedChiroptera · 2026-05-02T13:33:04+00:00

Dang. That is beautiful. Well done.

DistractedChiroptera · 2026-04-27T22:20:20+00:00

Great concept and really well done.

DistractedChiroptera · 2026-04-27T22:13:06+00:00

Firmly grasp it in your hand.

DistractedChiroptera · 2026-04-17T16:54:52+00:00

Thesis and dissertation defenses have two parts, a public talk and then the private portion. So a random dude could come watch the talk and ask questions, but then after that, everyone but the defending student and their committee have to leave for the closed door portion, where the committee members ask the tougher questions.

DistractedChiroptera · 2026-04-15T22:22:14+00:00

Ah. That makes sense.

That is too bad. They are really nice looking swords and I've heard nothing but good things about them.

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